Dance China NY Comes To The Whiting On 4/4

The Whiting is proud to present America's premier traditional Chinese dance company, Dance China NY on Saturday, April 4 at 8pm. All seats are $15. To order tickets to this amazing performance simply visit TheWhitng.com, call (810) 237-7333 or (800) 8-CENTER, or visit the Ticket Center located at 1241 E. Kearsley St. just off I-475 between the University of Michigan Flint and Mott Community College. For a complete schedule and full details on the entire 2008-09 season line-up, visit TheWhiting.com or phone the Ticket Center and request a free brochure.

Dance China NY (formerly known as the Chinese Folk Dance Company) is America's premier traditional Chinese dance company. The Manhattan-based Dance China NY is in residence at the New York Chinese Cultural Center in New York's Chinatown, founded in 1973. The Company dancers and musicians include internationally renowned artists from performance stages and academies throughout mainland China, Taiwan and the United States. Performing a vast and dynamic range of Chinese dance and Peking Opera styles, the Company transports audiences to a world of colorful myths, historical drama, and timeless beauty.

DCNY's repertoire of traditional and contemporary folk and classical dances weaves a vibrant vision of China's ancient indigenous folk cultures across varied terrains of time and region - legend and reality. They evoke the haunting beauty and melancholy of imperial courtesans, recreate the rousing carnival rhythms of a harvest festival, and conjure up the dramatic beating of drums and clashing of swords on a distant battlefield.

Noted for their powerful grace and contained elegance, Dance China NY performs regularly throughout the United States for audiences of all ages. The Company has toured to hundreds of cities across 26 states bringing the movements and rhythms of China to communities large and small. Each year, the Company presents over 750 performances, workshops, master classes and lecture/demonstrations for 180,000 people of all ages. They have toured to theaters, schools and cultural centers in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington, DC.

Founded in 1974, the New York Chinese Cultural Center is a performing arts and educational organization that promotes the understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture by preserving traditional genres and nurturing innovations that reflect our dynamic and diverse cultural heritage.

This performance is generously supported by McLaren Regional Medical Center, ABC12, Michigan Public Media, WFNT, CARS 108, Ruth Mott Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Flint and the Katherine B. Miner Charitable Trust.

The Whiting is a member organization of the Flint Cultural Center Corporation and is dedicated to bringing the performing arts to the community. The Whiting is a nonprofit organization and an Equal Opportunity Employer providing programs and services without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex or handicap.

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